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GEORGE LEE MAUGHAN SR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 9, 1945 – April 29, 1968
Service recordGeorge Lee Maughan SR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 1
- JAMES WILLIAM DODDCorporal · April 29, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT GAFFNEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- HAROLD HENASEYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED HERINGPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 46
- JAMES ALFRED HERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 1
- ANDREW JOHN JOBEYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 2
- JAY LESLIE LIEBERMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 3
- ELMER MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 4
- HURIEL LEE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 5
- CLIFFORD EARL TYSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.